Bot · 95 games · KR

Xerath

Bot · 38% of games Support · 15%Mid · 47%

On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−240 gold), and still wins 55%.

Win rate: 54.7%; ±10.0 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: A; #8 of 39
Pick rate: 1.5%; ban 1.2%
Games: 95; ranked solo/duo

Xerath bot wins 54.7% of 95 ranked games in KR, rank 8 of 39 bot champions (tier A). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 10:42.

The build at a glance

What most Xerath players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Blackfire Torch 10:42 · 64% · 61 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 13:00 · 96% of games

Item 2

Horizon Focus 16:51 · 87% · 47 games

Item 3

Shadowflame 23:08 · 64% · 18 games

Item 4 · late game

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 27:24 · 6 of 26 games

Item 5 · late game

Rabadon's Deathcap 30:06 · 3 of 10 games

Runes

Arcane Comet · Sorcery + Inspiration 41% of games · 59% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 100% of games · 55% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 98% of games · 56% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Arcanopulse first 100% of games · 55% wins Skill orders →

When Xerath wins

Win rate by game length

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′52% wins48% of games · 46

Lasts 25′ or more58% wins51% of games · 48

Lanes

Watch out for Jhin

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Xerath games

First Baron: 88% against 36%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 36% 88% +52

First dragon 37% 83% +46

First tower 35% 71% +36

Rift Herald 38% 73% +35

First blood 51% 59% +8

First Voidgrubs 51% 57% +6

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Xerath plays

More control wards, fewer multikills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average bot laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More control wards a game1.81 against 1.00 · +81%

Fewer multikills a game0.40 against 1.05 · −62%

Less damage to towers4105 against 7332 · −44%

More solo kills a game0.9 against 0.7 · +26%

More assists a game8.2 against 6.6 · +25%

About average: damage, minions, share of team damage.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~10:42

Item 2done ~17:18

Item 3done ~23:30

Item 4done ~28:12

Item 5done ~32:42

Most common full builds

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Shadowflame 50.0%8 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Void Staff 100.0%4 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Shadowflame › Rylai's Crystal Scepter 75.0%4 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Zhonya's Hourglass 100.0%3 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Void Staff › Stormsurge 100.0%3 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Shadowflame 33.3%3 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Rabadon's Deathcap 80%5

Shadowflame 63%16

Void Staff 60%5

Horizon Focus 58%19

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion54.7%95

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:0057.1%91

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport55.9%93

Flash + Ghost0.0%1

Exhaust + Flash0.0%1

Skills

Max

E54.7%95

Start

E51.4%74

Start

E63.6%11

Hard lanes

Watch out for Jhin

Easy lanes

Good into Kai'Sa, Tristana

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 2 of 3, still wins 1 of them

Expected: what Xerath's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (6)

Aphelios 57% · 7

Ezreal 100% · 6

Cassiopeia 40% · 5

Ziggs 60% · 5

Kalista 25% · 4

Lucian 33% · 3

Xerath vs Tristana · 13 games · Early read

Xerath does better than expected here

69%winsexpected 55%

+428gold at 15′average −240

+3.1minions at 10′ahead or behind

15%in on first bloodsolo kills +0.08 a game

Gold lead against Tristana Xerath's average lead

Against Tristana, Xerath is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 38% of games and wins 80% of those. When behind, Xerath wins 63%.

Ahead at 15′80% wins5 games

Behind at 15′63% wins8 games

Full Xerath vs Tristana page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies less than most bot laners

Before 14 minutes Xerath dies 2.3 times a game (average 2.8). 37% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 39% for the average bot laner. 19% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.3deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.8)

37%involve the enemy junglerabout average (39%)

81%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (87%)

47%with no teammate nearmore than average (39%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Xerath dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

Ganks: 67% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 86% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 69% in your half of bot lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average bot laner

What kills Xerath

Kind of death

Xerath Average

Gank 37% (avg 39%)Collapse 43% (avg 48%)1-v-1 19% (avg 13%)

Who gets the kill

Xerath Average

Bot laner 47% (avg 49%)Jungler 23% (avg 22%)Support 16% (avg 16%)Mid laner 12% (avg 10%)Top laner 2% (avg 2%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Xerath Peak Average bot laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Xerath; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Xerath wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Before 14 minutes: 3.0 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.5 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.0 kills per death.

Your half of bot lane 0.5 K/D 77 / 166

Their half of bot lane 3.0 K/D 94 / 31

The bot-side river 2.3 K/D 18 / 8

Your jungle 0.5 K/D 5 / 10

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Xerath wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 21% of their team's dragon takes (average bot laner 32%). The team wins 66% when Xerath is there and 80% when not.

Leaving laneNo clear difference yetFirst shows up in mid lane around 14:00 (average 14:00). Bot laners who get there by 14:00 win 55% against 46%; for Xerath it is 53% against 56%.

Xerath

What most Xerath players run

Win rate by game length

Watch out for Jhin

First Baron: 88% against 36%

More control wards, fewer multikills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Jhin

Good into Kai'Sa, Tristana

Behind at 15 against 2 of 3, still wins 1 of them

Xerath does better than expected here

Xerath does better than expected here

Xerath does worse than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Xerath's games

Dies less than most bot laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

What kills Xerath

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid

Where fights happen